Thursday, May 22, 2008

Which side are you on ?

Fascism in Britain didn't just go away after the Second World War, according to a
recent programme on the BBC. It drew fuel from the situation of the British
mandate in Palestine, where Jews were fighting "our boys". Many Jews,
with the sympathy of left-wing groups, took "direct action" against fascist
rallies.

Seven years after the war, Oswald Mosley returned to public life with a rally
at which the chants could be heard: "Two four six eight, who do we appreciate?"
"M-O-S-E-L-E-Y;" "One two three, four five six, who will stop the Jew
boys' tricks?"

Some British Jews soon went from fighting these now almost-forgotten battles
in the streets of London to the impending struggle in Palestine, while a
number of Mosley's supporters joined the "Arab Legion" to fight against the emerging state of Israel.